2012年6月13日水曜日

The Tamiya 1977 Wolf WR1 Ford



Another of Tamiya's earliest 1/20 F1 models.  I used the original gold decals for the body and rear wing, and they've darkened with age now.  No clear coat under or over them to protect from oxidation.  The rollbar, side radiators, and engine intakes were on a tree already spray gold out-of-the-box.  Can't remember what blue I used for the body, but it would've been a Tamiya or a Gunze (now called Mr Hobby) (rattle can spray) color which may no longer be available.  The actual car has an interesting history.  It won the first race of 1977 in the hands of Jody Scheckter, and was competitive for the rest of the year.  Then in '78, when the Wolf (nee Hesketh) team's new car wasn't competitive, this car was pulled out of a museum, and given to Bobby Rahal - later a three-time CART champion and the ’86 Indianapolis 500 winner - to drive in the '78 Canadian GP.  It was Rahal's one and only F1 drive.